Computer-implemented system for modeling an allocated resource

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, the computer-program product including instructions operable to cause a processor component to perform operations including:

• forecasting demand for a resource divided into a predetermined number of units, the forecasting performed based on prior demand for the units of the resource, the units of the resource capable of being allocated to one or more users for an occupancy period that begins at an occupation time;
• accessing a profile that accounts for modification, the modifications made by a plurality of users, to the occupancy period of the resource, each modification associated with a modification time at which the modification is requested by a user of the plurality of users, the profile accounting for the modification of the occupancy period as a function of the original occupancy period and an amount of time left until an originally-scheduled end of the occupancy period, or accounting for the modification of the occupancy period based on a probability of receiving a request to modify the occupancy period and an expected amount of the modification;
• applying the profile to the forecasted demand to determine if the forecasted demand is below an unconstrained demand or above an unconstrained demand based on extension effects that occur between the occupation time and the modification time;
• and
• adjusting one or more parameters associated with allocation of the resource to increase allocation of the resource when the forecasted demand is determined to be below the unconstrained demand, or adjust the one or more parameters to decrease allocation of the resource when the forecasted demand is determined to be above the unconstrained demand.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• forecasting demand for a resource divided into a predetermined number of units, the forecasting performed based on prior demand for the units of the resource, the units of the resource capable of being allocated to one or more users for an occupancy period that begins at an occupation time;
• accessing a profile that accounts for modification, the modifications made by a plurality of users, to the occupancy period of the resource, each modification associated with a modification time at which the modification is requested by a user of the plurality of users, the profile accounting for the modification of the occupancy period as a function of the original occupancy period and an amount of time left until an originally-scheduled end of the occupancy period, or accounting for the modification of the occupancy period based on a probability of receiving a request to modify the occupancy period and an expected amount of the modification;
• applying the profile to the forecasted demand to determine if the forecasted demand is below an unconstrained demand or above an unconstrained demand based on extension effects that occur between the occupation time and the modification time;
• and
• adjusting one or more parameters associated with allocation of the resource to increase allocation of the resource when the forecasted demand is determined to be below the unconstrained demand, or adjust the one or more parameters to decrease allocation of the resource when the forecasted demand is determined to be above the unconstrained demand.